They spent billions of dollars on me, gave me a big sendoff.
3 seconds sound clip from the The Brave Little Toaster (1987) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:37:05.893 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- No. Viking 1 the bagel. Of course, the satellite.
- You sent back some cool pictures from Mars. Uh, I mean, from here.
- I was a pioneer, the most powerful satellite ever built.
- Well, that you were, but then you... well, you sort of... you sort of, um...
- Say it. Say it. I ran out of juice. My guidance batteries died. Kaput.
- Come to find out it was planned that way.
- They spent billions of dollars on me, gave me a big sendoff.
- And all three networks covered it simultaneously, I'll have you know.
- Then after those pranksters at NASA bleed me dry, they cut me loose.
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